Tamassee, South Carolina.
Typical home $332,432 (+5.4% in a year). Seneca, SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,068 (+158%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,057 +5%
- $315,374$332,432 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $83,987 +34%
- $248,444$332,432 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Tamassee$1,745
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Tamassee, SC rose 5.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Tamassee, Oconee County, South Carolina
Tamassee, in Oconee County, had 60 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Oconee County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Oconee County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Tamassee is a community in Oconee County, in the upstate of South Carolina, where the land rises into the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Its residents live among wooded hills and creeks, and the town is quiet, with a small population. Winters are cool with occasional light snow, summers are warm, and rain falls often throughout the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, which is the most common kind of work for people here. Others work in manufacturing, in professional and business services, or in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Jobs in Oconee County grew slightly over the past year, and the county's economy draws on the same mix of industries.
Things to do. Issaqueena Falls, a waterfall a short drive away, is a popular place to see moving water in the hills. Devils Fork State Park, a protected area also a short drive away, offers a quieter place to spend time outdoors. The French Broad River, a longer drive away, is a river for those who enjoy being near flowing water.
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What people in Oconee County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oconee County had 25,929 jobs in 2025, 1.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 59°. About 4 inches of snow and 87 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jocassee Wnw weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Oconee County
- Oconee 01 SchoolsSchool district1,721FTE
- Duke EnergyNuclear electric power generation1,037
- Oconee Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital667FTE
- Schneider ElectricArmature relays manufacturing640
- Oconee County GovernmentGeneral services departments, government583
- BASF MetalsPrecious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals359
- Jtekt Bearings North AmercaRaces, ball or roller bearings, manufacturing350
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters335
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 51 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 8,557 people in all across the county; Tamassee has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Tamassee’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Oconee County and the Seneca, SC metro.
Tamassee home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Tamassee$332,432
- South Carolina$304,319
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Tamassee7
Zip codes with a Tamassee address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Tamassee — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.